How To Enable Intel SNA Acceleration In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>SNA</b> is a 2D acceleration architecture for the open source Intel Linux graphics driver that provides improved X.Org driver performance, and thus, better desktop user experience. The name stands for "Sandy Bridge New Acceleration" and contrary to its name, it not just for Sandy Bridge but for previous Intel graphics generations as well.<br /><br /><b>Here's how to enable Intel SNA in Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the x.org wiki (<a href="http://www.x.org/wiki/IntelGraphicsDriver">link</a>; <a href="http://bit.ly/RgEm7e">cached copy</a> since the page seems down right now), SNA should work with i830-i865G and newer Intel chipsets.</div><br />You can see some old UXA (used by default) vs SNA benchmarks at <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_glamor_first&num=1">Phoronix</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dzdps9WNyvg/UIfrdRITYTI/AAAAAAAALPw/1wVWV6Q8OmM/s1600/intel-sna.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="intel sna ubuntu" border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dzdps9WNyvg/UIfrdRITYTI/AAAAAAAALPw/1wVWV6Q8OmM/s320/intel-sna.png" title="intel sna ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Enable Intel SNA in Ubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Intel SNA is available in Ubuntu 12.10 without installing any extra packages, but it's not enabled by default. </b></div><br />To enable SNA, you need to create a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf</code></pre><br />And paste the following:<br /><br /><pre class="source-code"><code>Section "Device"<br /> Identifier "intel"<br /> Driver "intel"<br /> Option "AccelMethod" "sna"<br />EndSection</code></pre><br />Then save the file, log out and log back in.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test (using an Intel HD 3000 GPU), there were some artefacts when using Intel SNA in Ubuntu 12.10, which don't occur after adding the Xorg Edgers PPA so if that's the case for you too, follow the steps under the alternative method below.</div><br />Or, if you just want to revert the changes, remove the xorg.conf file:<br /><pre class="source-code"><code>sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf</code></pre><br />Then log out and log back in.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Enable Intel SNA in Ubuntu 12.04 (alternative method for Ubuntu 12.10)</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For Ubuntu 12.04</b> (<b>or for Ubuntu 12.10</b>, if the method above doesn't work properly for you), you can use the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa">Xorg Edgers PPA</a> which has packages with <b>SNA enabled by default for Intel.</b></div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Warning:</b> <i>this PPA uses Xorg packages from GIT and while I didn't encounter any issues (I've used it for Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm using it now in Ubuntu 12.10), things may break. Use it at your own risk!</i></div><br />Add the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa">Xorg Edgers PPA</a> using the following command:<br /><pre class="source-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then launch the Update Manager (now called Software Updater in Ubuntu 12.10) and update your system. Once the update finishes, log out and log back in (though a restart is probably better since this PPA upgrades many system packages).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to revert the changes and go back to the drivers available in the official Ubuntu repositories, firstly <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-ppa-purge-with-multi-arch.html">install ppa-purge with multi-arch support</a>, then run the following command:</div><pre class="source-code"><code>sudo ppa-purge ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa</code></pre><br />

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Lubuntu (w/ LXDE) 12.10 - Quick Overview

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://lubuntu.net/">Lubuntu</a>, an official Ubuntu flavour starting with version 11.10 which uses LXDE, a lightweight desktop environment by default, has reached version 12.10.</b><br /><br /><i>I'm posting this article a bit late, since Lubuntu 12.10 was released 5 days ago, but there are too many Ubuntu flavours to cover in just one day.</i></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Lubuntu 12.10</b> brings updated artwork, a new session manager, updated file manager which includes an external thumbnailer, along with updated default applications and other changes.</div><br /><b>To see the latest Lubuntu 12.10 in action, watch the video below:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nvLwRGg6r3s" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvLwRGg6r3s">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Ns0x1u1dMw/UH_WwMMlMNI/AAAAAAAALCM/etWGXStxW1Y/s1600/lubuntu-default-apps.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Ns0x1u1dMw/UH_WwMMlMNI/AAAAAAAALCM/etWGXStxW1Y/s320/lubuntu-default-apps.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Lubuntu 12.10 ships with applications such as Pcmanfm as the default file manager, Synaptic Package Manager, Lubuntu Software Center, Chromium as the default browser, Pidgin, Transmission, mtPaint for simple image editing, Abiword, Gnumeric, GNOME Mplayer, Xfburn, Audacious and others.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XJ5Fx4ONToA/UH_W0rrlKPI/AAAAAAAALCU/qSIspSFDxxE/s1600/lubuntu-software-center.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XJ5Fx4ONToA/UH_W0rrlKPI/AAAAAAAALCU/qSIspSFDxxE/s320/lubuntu-software-center.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lubuntu Software Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you can see, most if not all are lightweight tools, and the result is that Lubuntu requires very low system resources - the Lubuntu <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu">wiki</a> mentions that Lubuntu should run even with 128 MB of RAM, though for decent usage, 256MB or RAM or more are required.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Lubuntu 12.10, a <b>new default application has been added: Catfish</b>, which can be used to search the file system:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BejULF6arSE/UH_XDrm6znI/AAAAAAAALCc/L29vmn6BYGI/s1600/catfish.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lubuntu 12.10 catfish" border="0" height="209" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BejULF6arSE/UH_XDrm6znI/AAAAAAAALCc/L29vmn6BYGI/s320/catfish.png" title="lubuntu 12.10 catfish" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change is the addition of the <b>Xfce notification daemon (xfce4-notifyd), which has replaced the old notification daemon</b>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g0LownypZrI/UH_XI8AzwuI/AAAAAAAALCk/XYCNfAFIWCo/s1600/lubuntu12.10-xfce-notifications.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lubuntu 12.10 notifications" border="0" height="137" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g0LownypZrI/UH_XI8AzwuI/AAAAAAAALCk/XYCNfAFIWCo/s320/lubuntu12.10-xfce-notifications.png" title="lubuntu 12.10 notifications" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pcmanfm, the default file manager, has been updated, the new version bringing external thumbnailer support and lots of bug fixes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vsvdyqomY0A/UH_XN4kqeUI/AAAAAAAALCs/VWOiPbIhokE/s1600/lubuntu+12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lubuntu 12.10 pcmanfm" border="0" height="199" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vsvdyqomY0A/UH_XN4kqeUI/AAAAAAAALCs/VWOiPbIhokE/s320/lubuntu+12.10.png" title="lubuntu 12.10 pcmanfm" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It's also worth mentioning that, unlike the other Ubuntu flavors, <b>Lubuntu 12.10 continues to offer alternate ISO files for download</b>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Artwork</h2><br />Lubuntu 12.10 comes with an updated visual identity, which includes:<br /><br />- a new wallpaper:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OShyVKKgR1s/UH_V4t5IzSI/AAAAAAAALB0/aFad7vL88Ak/s1600/lubuntu12.10-wallpaper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lubuntu 12.10 wallpaper" border="0" height="256" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OShyVKKgR1s/UH_V4t5IzSI/AAAAAAAALB0/aFad7vL88Ak/s320/lubuntu12.10-wallpaper.png" title="lubuntu 12.10 wallpaper" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- a new icon theme (it's not complete yet, and for now it "inherits" icons from the elementary icon theme) called Box:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L9O40wA1RH0/UH_V_BfCKcI/AAAAAAAALB8/DwMTi5JZbYA/s1600/lubuntu-icon-theme-box.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L9O40wA1RH0/UH_V_BfCKcI/AAAAAAAALB8/DwMTi5JZbYA/s320/lubuntu-icon-theme-box.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />You can see some of the new icons in most of the pictures in this post. <br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Lubuntu 12.10</h2><br />Download Lubuntu 12.10 from <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu">HERE</a> and make sure to also read the official <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/Lubuntu">release notes</a>.

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Things You Do After Installing Ubuntu 12.10

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QHZhmQ91pFY/UIWYI8CAfVI/AAAAAAAALO0/z7lw4BnTjIw/s1600/ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QHZhmQ91pFY/UIWYI8CAfVI/AAAAAAAALO0/z7lw4BnTjIw/s400/ubuntu.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've been following WebUpd8 for a while, you've probably noticed that we used to make a post with things to tweak after each Ubuntu release (here are the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html" title="Things To Tweak After Installing Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin">12.04</a> and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html" title="Things To Tweak After Installing Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot">11.10</a> posts). This time, let's do things differently!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I'll start by sharing with you the first things I did after installing the latest Ubuntu 12.10 and you, the readers, can post comments, telling us what you've installed / customized / tweaked after installing 12.10, no matter what Ubuntu flavour you're using.</b></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>What I did after installing Ubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first thing I did after installing Ubuntu 12.10 was to restore my PPAs backup from Ubuntu 12.04. That's right, I'm addicted to PPAs. That's because, even though Ubuntu 12.10 has the latest version of most packages, there are some apps which aren't available in the official repositories that I can't live without. For this I've used <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/y-ppa-manager-0092-released-with-new.html">Y PPA Manager</a> which imports the GPG keys automatically and can also update the PPAs that work with the latest Ubuntu release.</div><br /><br /><h3>Firefox extensions and webapps.</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iDyFbqTcklY/UIBpO21Z20I/AAAAAAAALE8/gm5m3oRFYpI/s1600/firefox-extensions.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iDyFbqTcklY/UIBpO21Z20I/AAAAAAAALE8/gm5m3oRFYpI/s320/firefox-extensions.png" width="320" /></a></div><h3>  </h3>I'm using Firefox because it works better for me with a large number of open tabs (especially since there's an <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/how-to-load-app-tabs-on-demand-in.html">option not to load tabs until clicked</a>). I only use three addons: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/">Adblock Plus</a>, <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-badge/">Tab Badge</a> (adds a a small badge to your tabs to alert you when you have notifications for websites like Facebook, Google Plus, etc.) and <a href="https://lastpass.com/">LastPass</a> (for better password security and sync).<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7LJY-lzE0EE/UIBsxSWQQWI/AAAAAAAALF0/C7t2QOlUUSM/s1600/webapps.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7LJY-lzE0EE/UIBsxSWQQWI/AAAAAAAALF0/C7t2QOlUUSM/s320/webapps.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And speaking of browsers, I've also installed some <b>webapps</b> (they work with both Firefox and Chromium, though Chromium requires <a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/unity-chromium-extension/">an extension</a> available in the repositories):</div><ul><li><a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/unity-webapps-googleplus/">Google Plus</a> - I don't want to miss any posts so the notifications provided by the Google Plus webapp are really useful;</li><li><a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/unity-webapps-facebookmessenger/">Facebook</a> - integrates Facebook with the Messaging Menu, without using a separate application. Sweet!</li><li><a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/unity-webapps-gmail/">Gmail</a> - this is a really useful webapp too as it displays the number of unread emails as a badge on the Unity luncher and in the Messaging Menu, along with new email notifications (though the notifications are currently broken for me using Firefox). </li></ul>More about the new webapps, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/unity-webapps-available-in-ubuntu-1210.html">HERE</a>. <br /><ul></ul><br /><br /><h3>AppIndicators.</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kMeKUk5SRMc/UIE7w-GJ1aI/AAAAAAAALJE/2sSGzFer1Cs/s1600/indicators.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kMeKUk5SRMc/UIE7w-GJ1aI/AAAAAAAALJE/2sSGzFer1Cs/s320/indicators.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I was telling you there are some applications which I can't live without. Well, many of them are appindicators:</div><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/my-weather-indicator-gets-new-forecast.html">My Weather Indicator</a> - weather on the panel is a must for me, a feature that Ubuntu should really add by default;</li><li><a title="google calendar ubuntu appindicator" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/calendar-indicator-displays-google.html">Google Calendar Indicator</a> - I use Google Calendar a lot, and this appindicator is very useful, displaying future events, notifications and more;</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/2-ways-to-temporarily-disable.html">Caffeine</a> - because there's nothing more annoying than watching a video / movie and having the screen lock pop-up in the middle of it;</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/glippy-clipboard-manager-gets-files-and.html">Glippy</a> - in my opinion, a clipboard manager is a must. Glippy is my favourite, but any will do;</li><li><a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/nautilus-dropbox/">Dropbox</a> - Ubuntu One is nice, but there are some features for which I prefer Dropbox. It can be installed from the Ubuntu repositories repositories too.</li></ul><br /><br /><h3>Other applications.</h3><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/virtualbox-420-released-with-support.html">VirtualBox</a> - for testing the next Ubuntu release and other Linux distributions of course, something I need for WebUpd8;</li><li><a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/gnome-tweak-tool/">GNOME Tweak Tool</a> - for changing the GTK / Window theme, because at the time I've installed Ubuntu 12.10, the other tools like Ubuntu Tweak, MyUnity, etc. didn't yet support 12.10 (and they still don't fully support it yet);</li><li><a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/compizconfig-settings-manager/">CCSM</a> - since Ubuntu Tweak and the other tweaking tools don't fully support Ubuntu 12.10 yet, CCSM is the way to go right now if you want to tweak various Unity aspects;</li><li><a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/shutter/">Shutter</a> - the best screenshot tool for Linux, is also one of the first applications I install since I need it for the new WebUpd8 posts;</li><li>Movies / music: <a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/ubuntu-restricted-extras/">Ubuntu Restricted Extras</a> is a must. And for me, so are <a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/smplayer/">SMplayer</a> and sometimes <a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/vlc/">VLC</a> for playing videos. For music, I use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/cloud-music-player-nuvola-sees-new.html">Nuvola Player</a> because Grooveshark is all I need and it integrates nicely with the desktop, with some extra features compared to the Grooveshark webapp.</li></ul><br />Of course, the list can get very long, but I'm trying to stick with the basics here. <br /><ul></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Note: this post uses links to the online Ubuntu Software Center from which you can install the applications with a click. For the applications not available in the repositories, I've added links to the installation instructions. </i></div><ul></ul><br /><br /><h2>What are the things you've done after installing (or upgrading to) Ubuntu 12.10?</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Now it's your turn! </b>What did you install or tweak after you've started using the latest Ubuntu 12.10, be it the default favour, Ubuntu GNOME Remix or X/K/Lubuntu? And even if you're not using Ubuntu 12.10 yet, what are the first things you do after installing Ubuntu?</div><br />

Things You Do After Installing Ubuntu 12.10

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`Photo` Is A Fancy Image Viewer Written In Qt [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/Photo?content=147453">Photo</a> is a fast, fancy and highly configurable image viewer written in Qt.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides supporting most popular image formats like gif, jpeg, png, bmp, tiff, xpm and so on, Photo can also <b>perform some basic image manipulation</b> like rotating, flipping or zooming, display exif information and comes with a beautiful interface. When opening an image, you can quickly switch to another image in the same folder by using the thumbnails displayed at the bottom:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J2dPGH6n8U0/UIVT75EmZNI/AAAAAAAALM0/Hc0V8n0uM_4/s1600/photo_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="photo image viewer" border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J2dPGH6n8U0/UIVT75EmZNI/AAAAAAAALM0/Hc0V8n0uM_4/s320/photo_1.png" title="photo image viewer" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The menu is hidden by default and can be accessed by pointing the mouse to the top right edge of the screen. In the same way, the exif information is initially hidden and is displayed when your mouse goes near the top left screen edge. Since Photo is highly customizable, you can change how the menu is displayed and other UI settings from the Photo preferences.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C3dZNNwJwbw/UIVUJKnHviI/AAAAAAAALM8/hiQNGP1YZOM/s1600/photo-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="photo image viewer" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C3dZNNwJwbw/UIVUJKnHviI/AAAAAAAALM8/hiQNGP1YZOM/s320/photo-menu.png" title="photo image viewer" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><b>Other Photo features:</b><br /><ul><li>tumbnail cache</li><li>can be closed to the system tray</li><li>command line options</li><li>customizable keyboard shortcuts</li><li>basic file management: rename, delete, move, copy</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install Photo in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install Photo from a PPA, using the instructions below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install photoqt</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions, see the Photo <a href="http://photoqt.co.cc/?down">downloads page</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To make Photo the default image viewer under GNOME / Unity, open System Settings and select Photo under <i>Details > Default applications > Photos</i>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://ubuntutoday.com/2012/10/16/photo-0-8-qt-graphic-viewer-en-kubuntu-12-04/">UbuntuToday</a> (Spanish)</i></div>

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Cairo Dock 3.1 Implements More Of Unity's Functionality

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w2eTHgVtRgo/UIUyH6oPsUI/AAAAAAAALK0/kkT5UUnUJKQ/s1600/cairo-dock_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cairo dock screenshot" border="0" height="100" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w2eTHgVtRgo/UIUyH6oPsUI/AAAAAAAALK0/kkT5UUnUJKQ/s320/cairo-dock_3.png" title="cairo dock screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://glx-dock.org/"><br /></a> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://glx-dock.org/">Cairo Dock</a> is a tool that can be used as a complete panel/launcher replacement thanks to its huge list of features: besides the fancy launcher / application switcher, it comes with applets like menu, Messaging Menu, systray, trash, weather and many others.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0MrMEQ1O4s4/UIUyMkYjncI/AAAAAAAALK8/yYg6gDiRwOM/s1600/cairo-dock.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cairo dock screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0MrMEQ1O4s4/UIUyMkYjncI/AAAAAAAALK8/yYg6gDiRwOM/s320/cairo-dock.png" title="cairo dock screenshot" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cairo Dock using the Unity-1 theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-908JBPKB7w8/UIUyOVpISGI/AAAAAAAALLE/8FBn-FmZfaY/s1600/cairo-dock_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cairo dock screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-908JBPKB7w8/UIUyOVpISGI/AAAAAAAALLE/8FBn-FmZfaY/s320/cairo-dock_2.png" title="cairo dock screenshot" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Default-panel theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cairo Dock 3.1</b> has been released recently, the new version featuring <b>better Unity integration: </b>support for the Launcher API, so Cairo Dock can now display badges or progress bars for the icons on the dock, just like Unity (Unity Quicklists are also supported since version 2.4), as well as a re-written Messaging Indicator for Ubuntu 12.10. <b>Other changes:</b></div><ul><li>progress bar added to several applets</li><li>the Music Player applet can control players in the systray</li><li>icons in the taskbar can be separated</li><li>2 new indicator applets have been added: for printers and the new Sync Menu available in Ubuntu 12.10</li><li>the dock now supports XRandr which should replace Xinerama and help the dock to manage multi-monitors</li><li>3 new themes</li><li>the advanced mode of the configuration panel has been improved </li><li>Recent Events applet can now display recently used applications as well</li></ul>There are many other minor improvements in the latest Cairo Dock 3.1 - check out the official <a href="http://glx-dock.org/bg_topic.php?t=6520">release notes</a> for more info.<br /><br /><br />Below you can watch a Cairo Dock 3.1 demo recorded by Matthieu Baerts, one of its developers:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2isiqVEcaio" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2isiqVEcaio">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Cairo Dock in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest Cairo Dock by using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions, see the Cairo Dock <a href="http://glx-dock.org/ww_page.php?p=Accueil&lang=en#0-Installation">installation page</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Matthieu for the tip!</i></div>

Cairo Dock 3.1 Implements More Of Unity's Functionality

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Ubuntu Tweak Development Stopped [Update: Development Will Continue]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu Tweak developer has <a href="http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/10/19/the-development-of-ubuntu-tweak-is-stopped.html">announced</a> today that Ubuntu Tweak will no longer be developed. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Tualatrix Chou hasn't explained what made him take this decision, except for: "<b>making free software is not free any more</b>". Check out the announcement <a href="http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/10/19/the-development-of-ubuntu-tweak-is-stopped.html">here</a>.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wOyOP4BCtBQ/UIFCLW1DTgI/AAAAAAAALJ8/bXwUBNdIjXo/s1600/ubuntu-tweak.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu tweak" border="0" height="223" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wOyOP4BCtBQ/UIFCLW1DTgI/AAAAAAAALJ8/bXwUBNdIjXo/s320/ubuntu-tweak.png" title="ubuntu tweak" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu Tweak is the most popular tool to tweak Ubuntu, with <b>over 3 million downloads from version 0.4.9</b>, via its Launchpad <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/+download">download page</a>, and that's not counting the PPA installations or other sources.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application continues to work, except for the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/ubuntu-tweak-080-gets-new-apps-feature.html">new Apps feature</a> (which I'm guessing has something to do with stopping the Ubuntu Tweak development) which uses an online database that was disabled. But there won't be any updates / bug fixes.<br /><br />Update: the Ubuntu Tweak developer has changed its mind, and the development will continue. More info on the <a href="http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/10/22/thank-you-ubuntu-tweak-will-continue.html">Ubuntu Tweak blog</a>.</div>

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Prefer GNOME Shell? Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YSlBMNxh3jU/UIEfffTo1AI/AAAAAAAALIM/rnFUdjW3Q90/s1600/ubuntu12.10-gnome-installer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YSlBMNxh3jU/UIEfffTo1AI/AAAAAAAALIM/rnFUdjW3Q90/s320/ubuntu12.10-gnome-installer.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10">Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</a> has been released! </b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu GNOME Remix, a Linux distribution which aims to become an official Ubuntu flavour, uses GNOME Shell as the default "shell" and tries to provide a "mostly pure GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu repositories".</div><br />Update: you may also be interested in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-get-complete-gnome-3-desktop-in.html">How To Get A Complete GNOME 3 Desktop In Ubuntu 12.10, Without Installing Ubuntu GNOME Remix</a><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Learn more about Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 by watching the video below:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eXiHAKKGj_g" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXiHAKKGj_g">direct video link</a> | for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>GNOME Shell by default</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 uses GNOME Shell 3.6.1 by default</b>, along with most of the GNOME 3.6 application stack, so it basically has the features you've seen in our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/gnome-36-released-see-whats-new.html">GNOME 3.6 post</a>.</div><br />Here's the new GNOME Shell 3.6 message tray:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NfT-seh61bM/UIEdOcVi4gI/AAAAAAAALGs/o4pihLtv0Y4/s1600/message-tray-rhythmbox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="194" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NfT-seh61bM/UIEdOcVi4gI/AAAAAAAALGs/o4pihLtv0Y4/s320/message-tray-rhythmbox.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lEwGNPY3ggk/UIEdPf9cX9I/AAAAAAAALGw/Ziylcq9tRfo/s1600/message-tray_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="172" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lEwGNPY3ggk/UIEdPf9cX9I/AAAAAAAALGw/Ziylcq9tRfo/s320/message-tray_2.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Since <b>GDM 3.6.1</b> is included as well, you'll also get the cool new <b>GNOME 3.6 lock screen: </b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p1SNKSZfQ4Q/UIEdhKpoNLI/AAAAAAAALG8/8C-gTORnwR8/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-12.10-lockscreen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="208" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p1SNKSZfQ4Q/UIEdhKpoNLI/AAAAAAAALG8/8C-gTORnwR8/s320/ubuntu-gnome-12.10-lockscreen.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GNOME 3.6 lock screen</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WDH66Fiix4U/UIEeB1ONAyI/AAAAAAAALHc/ZIaearoaoSI/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-gdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="195" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WDH66Fiix4U/UIEeB1ONAyI/AAAAAAAALHc/ZIaearoaoSI/s320/ubuntu-gnome-gdm.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GDM 3.6.1</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Here are a few more GNOME Shell screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VRLNi3pxrTw/UIEdzTv-QpI/AAAAAAAALHE/iuFMJckX4Xk/s1600/activities.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="194" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VRLNi3pxrTw/UIEdzTv-QpI/AAAAAAAALHE/iuFMJckX4Xk/s320/activities.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i4AvpUFlI_4/UIEd0NHcHzI/AAAAAAAALHI/bwS1SIkPBzg/s1600/apps.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="194" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i4AvpUFlI_4/UIEd0NHcHzI/AAAAAAAALHI/bwS1SIkPBzg/s320/apps.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-trKQokT6OdU/UIEd047MCSI/AAAAAAAALHU/KkbEnJWMxHM/s1600/ubuntugnome-12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="208" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-trKQokT6OdU/UIEd047MCSI/AAAAAAAALHU/KkbEnJWMxHM/s320/ubuntugnome-12.10.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default packages</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you would expect, Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 tries to offer most of the GNOME 3.6 applications: Web (Epiphany) 3.6, Evolution 3.6, Gedit 3.6, etc.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2oxsDMNjBvw/UIEeLTdw41I/AAAAAAAALHk/Q6YkUBu5284/s1600/evolution.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="192" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2oxsDMNjBvw/UIEeLTdw41I/AAAAAAAALHk/Q6YkUBu5284/s320/evolution.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evolution 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a6OCsFHine0/UIEeMDNxCJI/AAAAAAAALHo/8Sfj7nXZmRg/s1600/web.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a6OCsFHine0/UIEeMDNxCJI/AAAAAAAALHo/8Sfj7nXZmRg/s320/web.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Web 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But there are <b>some packages which aren't updated to version 3.6</b>: Aisleriot, Nautilus, System Settings, and Totem:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vhr4L4lu1T8/UIEeWB-K0MI/AAAAAAAALH0/DTI2k6JrCGc/s1600/nautilus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vhr4L4lu1T8/UIEeWB-K0MI/AAAAAAAALH0/DTI2k6JrCGc/s320/nautilus.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.4.2</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>That's because Ubuntu itself uses older versions of these apps</b>, so Ubuntu GNOME Remix is stuck with them as well. But <b>you can update Nautilus or Totem to version 3.6 by using the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME3 Team PPA</a></b>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are also some <b>GNOME applications which aren't included by default</b>, like Boxes or GNOME Documents. And you won't find any of the Ubuntu-specific applications as well: Ubuntu One or Ubuntu Software Center aren't included in Ubuntu GNOME Remix since they aren't official GNOME apps.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Instead of Ubuntu Software Center, it uses "Software" (gnome-packagekit), which includes its own update manager:</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sq9gRZP3yjg/UIEecJ5yVCI/AAAAAAAALH8/OBLDbrmRzpY/s1600/software.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="203" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sq9gRZP3yjg/UIEecJ5yVCI/AAAAAAAALH8/OBLDbrmRzpY/s320/software.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Applications included by default:</b> Web (Epiphany) 3.6.0, Nauilus 3.4.2, GNOME Tweak Tool, Abiword and Gnumeric, Evolution 3.6.0, Cheese, Gwibber, Rhythmbox 2.97, GNOME games, Shotwell, Simple Scan, Transmission, GNOME Packagekit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The classic (fallback) session is included by default as well, but is only used if your hardware can't run GNOME Shell.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Artwork</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you would expect, Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 uses the default GNOME 3 artwork: Adwaita for the GTK theme and the GNOME icon theme, along with the official GNOME 3.6 wallpaper.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But, at least compared to the beta, there is now a Plymouth theme as well as an Ubiquity installer slideshow:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ej2x4DiS-As/UIEe3tzIC3I/AAAAAAAALIE/QeorXLCrMjA/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-installer_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ej2x4DiS-As/UIEe3tzIC3I/AAAAAAAALIE/QeorXLCrMjA/s320/ubuntu-gnome-installer_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The slideshow uses images for all the slides except the last one, which is common with the other Ubuntu flavours (which tells the user where he can get support). That's probably because the work was done by a small team and there wasn't enough time to get everything ready, this being the first Ubuntu GNOME release.<br /><br /><br />GNOME Shell was the missing piece and now, with 12.10, Ubuntu has all the popular DEs covered: from Xfce, KDE and LXDE to GNOME Shell or Unity (although these last 2 are not DEs but "shells"), even though Ubuntu GNOME Remix is not official yet. But let's hope it will become an official Ubuntu flavour with 13.04 Raring Ringtail.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</h2><br /><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10">Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</a> - and remember to read the official release notes!<br /><br /><br />Update: you may also be interested in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-get-complete-gnome-3-desktop-in.html">How To Get A Complete GNOME 3 Desktop In Ubuntu 12.10, Without Installing Ubuntu GNOME Remix</a>

Prefer GNOME Shell? Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10

Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 has been released! Ubuntu GNOME Remix, a Linux distribution which aims to become an official Ubuntu flavour, uses ...

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